echo without space..?

[bengalliboy]

Hi
I am concatinating 3 variables into a file. It works fine:
a='I'
b='a'
c='m'

echo $a $b $c >fileresult
: I a m

Would it be possible to take the space out between $b and $c so that I get
: I am
Thanks

 

[olded]

Hi:

Most modern *nixs such as Solaris has the printf command. Use it instead of the echo:

printf "%s %s%s" $a $b $c > fileresult

Regards,

Ed

 

[bengalliboy]

Thanks a lot... It worked. I used it for the space and also with the "%s\n" I was able to use it for new line since I am using this statement inside a loop from shell. Any way, It helped. Thanks a lot